Little Miss Sunshine
In Albuquerque, Sheryl Hoover brings her suicidal brother Frank to the breast of her dysfunctional and emotionally bankrupted family. Frank is homosexual, an expert in Proust. He tried to commit suicide when he was rejected by his boyfriend and his great competitor became renowned and recognized as number one in the field of Proust. Sheryl's husband Richard is unsuccessfully trying to sell his self-help and self-improvement technique using nine steps to reach success, but he is actually a complete loser. Her son Dwayne has taken a vow of silence as a follower of Nietzsche and aims to be a jet pilot. Dwayne's grandfather Edwin was sent away from the institution for elders (Sunset Manor) and is addicted in heroin. When her seven-year-old daughter Olive has a chance to dispute the Little Miss Sunshine pageant in Redondo Beach, California, the whole family travels together in their old Volkswagen Type 2 (Kombi) in a funny journey of hope of winning the talent contest and to make a dream ...
Director: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
Writer: Michael Arndt
Production: Fox Searchlight
Year: 2006
MetaScore: 80/100
ImdbRating: 7.8
BoxOffice: $59,831,476
Released: 18 Aug 2006
Awards: Won 2 Oscars. Another 70 wins & 111 nominations.
Movie Video Clips
01:02
You know what
02:39
He's the guy you teach
00:37
That is so sweet
00:35
Do you think there's a Heaven
00:50
Sarcasm is the refuge of losers
00:17
I'm so glad you're still here
00:40
Am I pretty
00:16
I'm getting pulled over
00:34
I'm so fucking tired
00:29
Do you eat ice cream
00:58
Why were you unhappy
01:09
That's enough
00:46
Fuck a lotta women
00:18
So who do you hang around with
00:33
There's two kinds of people in this world
00:19
I'll tell you when I regain consciousness
00:42
Every night it's the fucking chicken
00:37
You're out
00:50
I am going to get something to drink
00:39
I wouldn't do that to you
00:51
For better or worse
00:10
Where's Olive
00:50
You started snorting heroin
00:27
Pull the truck over
00:23
No one gets left behind
00:14
Everybody just pretend to be normal
01:28
I'm not going
00:21
What is your daughter doing
00:13
What are you guys talking about
00:33
Where are the dressing rooms
00:14
What is it
00:21
They don't even try
00:44
He fell in love with another man
00:37
Not just one woman
00:22
I apologize for the things I said
00:20
Have I mentioned that I am the preeminent Proust scholar in...
00:51
It's this Sunday
00:13
We're all with ya on that one
00:38
Translates literally to in the fashion
00:59
I bet he does
00:20
There are two kinds of people in this world
01:34
I take it you didn't like it at Sunset Manor
00:19
Richard is an idiot
00:14
Are you authorized to be backstage
00:21
And we thought he was napping
00:23
He's taken a vow of silence
00:10
That's your name
00:12
Get yourself a fag rag
00:31
Your packet has tickets in it
00:28
You were great
00:16
Is he always like this
00:17
It's stuck or something
00:17
I can't slow down
00:27
Can I get the
00:11
What in the world
00:12
We're going to California
Movie Quotes
Movie Cast
Olive Hoover - Abigail Breslin
Richard Hoover - Greg Kinnear
Dwayne - Paul Dano
Grandpa Edwin Hoover - Alan Arkin
Sheryl Hoover - Toni Collette
Frank Ginsberg - Steve Carell
Doctor #1 - Marc Turtletaub
Cindy - Jill Talley
Diner Waitress - Brenda Canela
Mechanic - Julio Oscar Mechoso
Convenience Store Proprietor - Chuck Loring
Josh - Justin Shilton
Larry Sugarman - Gordon Thomson
Teen Boy #1 - Steven Christopher Parker
Stan Grossman - Bryan Cranston
Doctor #2 - John Walcutt
Linda - Paula Newsome
State Trooper McCleary - Dean Norris
Pageant Official Jenkins - Beth Grant
Kirby - Wallace Langham
Miss California - Lauren Shiohama
Pageant Assistant Pam - Mary Lynn Rajskub
Funeral Home Worker - Jerry Giles
Biker Dad - Geoff Meed
Pageant MC - Matt Winston
Judge - Joan Scheckel
Girl in Hallway - Casandra Ashe
Officer Martinez - Mel Rodriguez
Pageant Contestant - Alexandria Alaman
Pageant Contestant - Alissa Anderegg
Pageant Contestant - Brittany Baird
Pageant Contestant - Cambria Baird
Pageant Contestant - Brenae Bandy
Pageant Contestant - Kristen Holaas
Pageant Contestant - Maliah Hudson
Pageant Contestant - Destry Jacobs
Pageant Contestant - Lindsey Jordan
Pageant Contestant - Shane Murphy
Pageant Contestant - Annabelle Roberts
Pageant Contestant - Sydni Stevenson-Love
Pageant Contestant - Nicole Stoehr
Pageant Contestant - Lauren Yee
Photographer - Erik David Barber
Pageant Worker - Terry Bolo
Seminar Class - Marc De'Antone
Self (archive footage) - Tara Dawn Holland
Pretty Girl - Ksenia Jarova
Hotel Security - Alva Loomis
Pageant Judge #1 - Robert O'Connor
Self (voice) - Regis Philbin
Pageant Mom - Melissa Roberts
Funeral Worker #2 - Matthew W. Tate